Democratic Republic of the Congo
in Middle Africa
Africa

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Country Quickfacts
Currency and Currency Code:
Franc - CDF
Spoken languages:
French, Lingala, Kongo
Local electricity:
220 V - 50 Hz (plugs: C, D, E)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
ISO 2-Letter code:
CD
Internet top level domain:
.cd
Country phone prefix:
+243
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Timezone:
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Map of Congolese Unesco Heritage Sites

Click any of the markers above to learn more about the corresponding heritage site and learn more about Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa. The list below is ordered by name. The oldest site is Virunga National Park. On the list since 1979. The youngest site is Okapi Wildlife Reserve. On the list since 1996.

Name Since
Garamba National Park
The park's immense savannahs, grasslands and woodlands, interspersed with gallery forests along the river banks and the swampy depressions, are home to four large mammals: the elephant, giraffe, hippo...		 1980
Kahuzi-Biega National Park
A vast area of primary tropical forest dominated by two spectacular extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega, the park has a diverse and abundant fauna. One of the last groups of eastern lowland (graueri) ...		 1980
Okapi Wildlife Reserve
The Okapi Wildlife Reserve occupies about one-fifth of the Ituri forest in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo river basin, of which the reserve and forest are a part, is...		 1996
Salonga National Park
Salonga National Park is Africa's largest tropical rainforest reserve. Situated at the heart of the central basin of the Congo river, the park is very isolated and accessible only by water. It is the ...		 1984
Virunga National Park
Virunga National Park (covering an area of 790,000 ha) comprises an outstanding diversity of habitats, ranging from swamps and steppes to the snowfields of Rwenzori at an altitude of over 5,000 m, and...		 1979